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What distinguishes the Paris Agreement from the Kyoto Protocol?
What distinguishes the Paris Agreement from the Kyoto Protocol?
- Provides no financial support for climate actions
- Exclusively addresses developed countries
- Focuses only on adaptation efforts
- Requires emission reduction obligations for all countries (correct)
What is a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement?
What is a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement?
- A financial support mechanism for developing countries
- An international climate cooperation initiative
- A mandatory global temperature limit
- A voluntary emission reduction target specific to each country (correct)
Which aspect of the Paris Agreement focuses on balancing emissions and sinks in the second half of this century?
Which aspect of the Paris Agreement focuses on balancing emissions and sinks in the second half of this century?
- Adaptation
- Finance
- Transparency and Accountability
- Mitigation (correct)
What is a key component of the finance aspect in the Paris Agreement?
What is a key component of the finance aspect in the Paris Agreement?
Which element of the Paris Agreement focuses on tracking countries' progress in implementing their climate commitments?
Which element of the Paris Agreement focuses on tracking countries' progress in implementing their climate commitments?
What does the Paris Agreement emphasize in terms of adaptation efforts?
What does the Paris Agreement emphasize in terms of adaptation efforts?
What is the main goal of the Kyoto Protocol?
What is the main goal of the Kyoto Protocol?
What are 'quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives' (QELROs) under the Kyoto Protocol?
What are 'quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives' (QELROs) under the Kyoto Protocol?
Which mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol allows countries to trade emission credits?
Which mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol allows countries to trade emission credits?
What is the purpose of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol?
What is the purpose of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol?
Which countries were not assigned specific emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol?
Which countries were not assigned specific emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol?
What is the overall goal of emission reduction under the Kyoto Protocol?
What is the overall goal of emission reduction under the Kyoto Protocol?
